Driver Joey Logano takes a break in his garage while his crew makes...

Driver Jimmie Johnson waits in his garage while crew members make adjustments to his car during NASCAR auto race testing at Daytona International Speedway, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Driver Jimmie Johnson waits in his garage while crew members make...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. waits in the garage before going out on the track during NASCAR auto race testing at Daytona International Speedway, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Dale Earnhardt Jr. waits in the garage before going out on the...

Brad Keselowski rest his helmet on the roof of his car after being out on the track during NASCAR auto race testing at Daytona International Speedway, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

That's right, the start of another NASCAR season is just around the corner.

Patrick said Thursday that she does not plan to race in this year's Indianapolis 500 because she wants to concentrate on her first full-time season on NASCAR's highest level of competition.

Bowyer brushed aside questions about whether he and Gordon have made up in the months that have passed since a fight between the two drivers' crews broke out after Gordon intentionally wrecked Bowyer the week before last season's finale.

"Who cares? Really, who cares?" Bowyer said, addressing the media on the first day of testing of NASCAR's new "Gen 6" cars at Daytona International Speedway. "Apparently, you guys do way more than we do. I can promise you that."

Keselowski is still riding high after capturing his first Sprint Cup championship in 2012. He was the first driver on the track for the start of three days of testing in preparation for next month's Daytona 500, even if he wound up running fairly low on the speed charts.

"I am not happy not being fast. I can tell you that, but you try to put it in perspective of how much work is yet to be done over the next month or month-and-a-half," Keselowski said. "Being first on the track ... is our little way of needling the competition to say that even if we aren't fastest we are going to be the first ones on it."

"The team and I decided to focus on (Sprint) Cup. It's going to be plenty of work as it is, and it's going to be important for me running for the championship full time for the first time to really keep myself focused with the Cup car," Patrick said.